The Legal Information Center welcomes members of the public to use the many print and electronic resources we have available.The Legal Information Center is generally open 7 days a week.Need to find parking for your vehicle while at the Legal Information Center? Before 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday, you will need a parking decal.

Policies

Non-UF patrons will first need to obtain a Courtesy Borrower library card from Library West. Circulating items are checked out for 3 weeks with a limit of 10 titles per patron. Overdue items will flag the record and block additional checkouts. Repeated lateness may result in cancellation of a borrowers card and University Library privileges.

Bloomberg, LexisNexis, and Westlaw Access

The University of Florida Levin, Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center pays for law student accounts on LexisNexis, and Bloomberg Law. Accounts are not available to anyone who does not attend or work for the College of Law.

There is one public computer that does allow visitors to use Westlaw. Please see the circulation or reference desk to access this computer.

Using Library Computers

Visitors to the library may obtain temporary access to the library computers by visiting the Reference Desk during reference hours. Visitors receive a unique username and password that is valid for seven (7) days. This username and password does not permit off-campus access to UF databases.
All library computers use the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and provide the following:

Access to the Internet and UF databases

Access to the UF library catalog

Word Processing

Connecting to the UF Wireless Network

Visitors to the library may obtain temporary access to the UF wireless network by visiting the Reference Desk during reference hours. Visitors receive a unique username and password that is valid for seven (7) days. This username and password does not permit off-campus access to UF databases.

Printing

Currently, visitors cannot print from library computers or by using the UF wireless network.

Scanning

Visitors may use the scanner at the library at no cost. In order to use the scanner, a visitor must first have a temporary computer account, which may be obtained at the Reference Desk during reference hours.

It is recommended that visitors bring flash drives in order to save the scanned documents.

Scanned documents may be sent via e-mail from the library computer attached to the scanner.

The library also has 1 KIC Bookeye Scanner that may be used at no cost.